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Developing a Set of Core Outcomes for Trials in Hemodialysis: An International Delphi Survey.

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A consensus-based prioritized list of core outcomes for trials in hemodialysis will improve the relevance, efficiency, and comparability of trial evidence to facilitate treatment decisions and patients/caregivers gave higher priority to lifestyle-related outcomes than health professionals.
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This article is published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.The article was published on 2017-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 187 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Family caregivers.

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Australian Workshops on Patients’ Perspectives on Hemodialysis and Incremental Start

TL;DR: Patients with kidney failure preferred an incremental start to HD to minimize disruption to daily living and reduce the negative impacts on their education, ability to work, and family life as discussed by the authors .
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Nutrition impact symptom clusters in a cohort of Indigenous Australian hemodialysis patients: new insights into the management of malnutrition?

TL;DR: Malnourished patients experienced a significantly greater symptom burden in this study, and the small evidence base about the nutrition impact symptom burden of Indigenous hemodialysis patients is extended.
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Study protocol for Vascular Access outcome measure for function: a vaLidation study In hemoDialysis (VALID)

TL;DR: A validated, patient-important outcome measure for vascular access (VA) that can be easily measured in research and practice to harvest reliable and relevant evidence for informing patient-centered hemodialysis care is lacking as discussed by the authors .
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Treatment decision-making and care among older adults with kidney failure: protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational cohort study with nested substudies and linked qualitative research (the Elderly Advanced CKD Programme)

TL;DR: The Outcomes of Older patients with Kidney failure (OUTLOOK) as discussed by the authors is a multicentre prospective observational cohort study that will enrol 800 patients ≥75 years with kidney failure across a minimum of six sites in Australia.
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A Delphi Study to Prioritize Evidence-Based Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease Care in India

TL;DR: In this article , the authors identified and prioritized evidence-based quality improvement strategies for CVD care in India using a modified two-round Delphi process in which, they asked 46 experts (clinicians, researchers, program implementers and policy makers) to rate 25 proven clinical care strategies grouped into: (1) patient support, (2) information communication technology (ICT), (3) group problem solving, (4) training, and (5) multicomponent strategy on a scale of 1 (highest/best)-5 (lowest/worst) on priority, relative advantage, and feasibility.
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An Experimental Application of the Delphi Method to the Use of Experts

TL;DR: The DELPHI method was devised in order to obtain the most reliable opinion consensus of a group of experts by subjecting them to a series of questionnaires in depth interspersed with controlled opinion feedback as mentioned in this paper.
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Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

TL;DR: “Research results should be easily accessible to people who need to make decisions about their own health...
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How to increase value and reduce waste when research priorities are set

TL;DR: This report discusses how avoidable waste can be considered when research priorities are set and recommends ways to improve the yield from basic research, and the transparency of processes by which funders prioritise important uncertainties should be increased.
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